Articles by Karl Ortegon

2020 NCAA Qualifier Harry Homans Transfers from Georgia to USC Trojans

At the 2020 SEC Championships, Homans placed third in the 200 fly and sixth in the 200 back in an impressive last-day double.

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After UConn Cut, 55.0/1:59 Breaststroker Adrian Dulay to Join Miami (OH) in Jan

With his bests, Dulay would’ve been Miami’s top swimmer last season in both breaststroke events and the 200 fly.

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Yale Adds 3x Minnesota AA Champion Claudia Chang (2021)

Competing for Edina, Chang won the Minnesota HS AA state title in the 500 free in both 2018 and 2019, while she added a 200 free win in 2018, too.

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West Virginia Picks Up Greensboro Swimming Association’s Reilly Keaney (2021)

At the 2020 North Carolina HS 4A Champs, Keaney finished eighth in the 200 IM and tenth in the 100 breast.

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Arkansas Secures First 2022 Verbal: Georgia 6A Champion Delaney Harrison

At the 2020 Georgia HS 6A Championships, Harrison was the 100 free champion (52.00) and 50 free runner-up (23.80).

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Easterns Runner-Up Ashley Kolessar Chooses UCLA (2022)

At the 2020 Easterns, Kolessar was the 100 breast runner-up (1:03.62) and third-place finisher in the 200 IM (2:00.86).

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Bluefish Swim Club’s Ella Smith Verbals to Minnesota Gophers (2022)

At the 2020 Massachusetts HS D1 Winter Champs in February, Smith won the 100 breast title (1:02.98) and took second in the 200 IM (2:02.57).

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Minnesota Adds Drew Kaelin (2021) – 58.8/2:12 to 56.0/2:03 in Breast in a Year

In total, since November 2019, Kaelin has dropped about 2.7 seconds in the 100 breast and over 8 seconds in the 200 breast.

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UNC Nabs First Ranked Recruit For 2022: OT Qualifier #11 Emma Karam

At the 2019 Speedo Junior Nationals, Karam scored in the 100m back B-final, snagging an Olympic Trials cut with a 1:02.58.

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UNC-Wilmington Lands Huge Commitment from TAC Titans Sprinter Brooke Morgan

Morgan has hit lifetime bests in all of her best events since the pandemic began, and she’s taken her 100 free down by a second (49.83).

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#1 Recruit in Class, Zachary Tan, Verbals to Cal Bears (2022)

Tan swam at the 2019 World Junior Championships for Singapore, competing in the 100/200 back, 200 breast and 200/400 IM.

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Illinois HS A-Finalist Lily Reader Chooses UNC for 2022

In 2019, Reader scored at the Illinois HS State Championships in the 500 free, going a 4:53.44 to take fourth as a freshman.

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Michigan HS Champ Madeline Greaves Signs NLI with Purdue for Fall 2021

Last season, Greaves would’ve ranked #3 on Purdue’s roster in the 200 fly and 200 breast. She would’ve also ranked #2 on the roster in the 400 IM. 

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UNC Keeps Distance Freestyler Patrick Sleater In-State for Fall 2022

Racing at the Cary, N.C., site of the virtual 2020 Winter Junior Championships, Sleater clocked lifetime bests in the 200 free, 500 free and 1650 free.

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Arkansas Adds Sprinter Claire Rumzie for Fall 2021

Rumzie is primarily a sprint freestyler, and she’s been 27.37/1:00.07 in long course in the 100 free and 200 free. 

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